Rug and carpet winding machine



March 23 1926.

O. W. BRANTLEY Er AL RUG AND CARPET WINDING MACHINE Filed June 4, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Y 6 m M 1 P hm Q w W M m n WML. .w T mm m\\ flflZ 4 m um I -1 II I 4 d mi N, N m Q mm \mw .Q Q Wh W wm WW R. 5

Patented Mar. 23, 1926.

un ren stares 1,577,444 PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER WILSON BRANTLEY, or JACKSON itnreirrsjArm WARNER M 0F ELIVII-IUEST, NEW YORK.

RUG AND CARPET WINDING MACHINE.

Application filed .Tune 4, 1924. Serial No; 717,673.

I! '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OLIVER lVILSON BRANTLEY and WAR ER Monnn BRANTLEY. citizeusof the United States, residing, respectively, at Jackson Heights, and at Elmhurst, both in the county of Queens, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rug and Carpet lVinding Machines, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to a winding machine particularly adapted for the winding of rugs and carpets and the like after the same have been cleaned.

In carpet and rug cleaning establishments, it is the custom to store and transport rugs and carpets, after they have been cleaned, in rolled-up form without the use of any rod or pole to give the roll rigidity. It has been the practice to roll up such rugs and carpets by hand on the floor, either merely by curling up the end of the rug or carpet and rollingup the latter on itself, or by wrapping the end around a pole and then rolling up the rug or carpet on the pole after Whichthe latter is withdrawn. 7 Either of these processes is necessarily slow and requires considerable manual labor, and often results in a loosely wound roll. 1

The general object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved winding machine by which rugs or carpets may be quickly wound up into a comparatively tight roll, with but little manual labor; After being so wound,the roll may be readily tiedup,v and then removed from the machine.

The invention will be understood from the following descriptiointaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which, Figure 1 is a side elevation, certain parts be ing broken away, of a winding machine embodying the invention; Figure 2 is a plan view of the machine shown in Figure 1; Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of they machine on the line 33 of Figures 1 and, 2; Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of one of the winding spindles, showing particularly the means for securing to said spindle an edge of the rug or carpet to be wound up by the machine; Figure 5 is a section, on a smaller scale, on the line 55 of Figure 4; and Figure 6 is a sectional elevation through the coupling interposed in the two-part arbor uponv which the-rug orcarpet. is wound.

Like parts are referred to throughout the drawings by the same reference characters.

The, various parts of the winding ma chine are shown as supported upon a bed or frame which may be composed of channel irons 8 and 9 arranged parallel to. one another and mounted upon suitable. supporting frames or legs '11 and 12, shown in Figures 1 to, 3.

Secured to the tops of the channel irons 8 and 9-, near one end thereof, is a frame 15 provided with upstanding portions 16, and 17 in which are bearings which supportv a spindle 18 capable of rotary movement, but

held from longitudinal movement, in said bearings. This frame 15v may be securedto the channel bars 8 and 9 in any suitablemanner, for example, by bolts 20.

Slidingly mounted on the channel bars 8 and 9,-is another frame 22 having upstanding portions 23 and 24 containing hearings in which is, rotatably journaled another 03m. BRANTLEY,

spindle 26, which may be similar to the spindle 18. As best shown in Figure, 3, the frame 22 is provided with downwardly extending flanges 28 which cooperate with the insideedges of the upper flanges of the channel bars 8 and 9, and thus guide the frame 22 in its movement on the latter. Any suitable means may be provided for moving the frame 22 longitudinally on the channel bars 8 and 9, the particular means shown consisting of a rack 30, secured to the top of the channel bar 8, with which cooperates agear 32 secured to the end. of a shaft 33 and journaled in the portion 24 of the frame 22. In order to provide for manual rotation of the shaft, 33, the latter may be provided with a; crank 35 havingahandle- 36 which can be readily grasped by an operator of the machine. The frame 22 maybe secured in, any position to which it may be moved by the crank 35, by any suitable means, such as a nut provided with a hand wheel 37 and threaded upon a bolt 38 which passes through a clamping bar 39 arranged to be drawn into frictional engagement with the bottoms, of the upper flanges of the channel bars 8 and 9, as best shown in Figures 1 and 3.

The spindles 18 and 26 are driven in unison from a shaft 42 journaled in bearings 43, tianddo mounted between the channel bars 8: and 9. and secured to the bottom flanges of the latter by. bolts 46. This shaft 51 on the motor shaft, a sprocket chain 52,

a sprocket 54 on the counter-shaft 55, a clutch 57 manipulated by a handle 58, a sprocket 60 on the counter-shaft 55, a sprocket chain, 61, and a sprocket 62 keyed to the shaft 42. The spindle 18 is driven from the shaft 42 through the medium of a sprocket 64 on the latter, a sprocket chain 65, and a sprocket 66 secured to the spindle 18. The spindle 26 is driven from the shaft 42, through a sprocket 68 slidingly splined on said shaft and rotatably connected to a member 7 O projecting downwardly from the frame member 22, a sprocket chain 72, and a sprocket wheel 7 3 secured to the spindle 26. It will be noted that this driving con-- nection between the shaft 42 and the spindle 26, provides for the transmission of power to the latter, regardless of the position of the frame 22 on the bed of the machine.

As best shown in Figures 4 and 5, the ends of the spindles 18 and 26 which project toward one another, are bifurcated so as to provide fingers 7 6 and 77 of the form shown in the drawings. It will also be noted that the spindles 18 and 26 are hollow and are capable of receiving an arbor which is preferably made in two parts 79 and 80, for the purpose hereinafter described. The passages in the spindles 18 and 26, through which said arbor passes, are made considerably larger than the arbor in order to allow easy sliding movement of the latter. In order to provide means for securing to said spindles 18 and 26 the edges of the rug or carpet to be wound around the arbor 7 9-80, each finger 77 on said arbors is provided. with a clamping means which is shown as comprising a lever 82 which is pivotally mounted on a pin 84 supported in lugs 86 projecting outwardly from said finger 77. The lever 82 is preferably provided with a handle portion 88, with the under side of which a spring 89 cooperates. The form of this spring 89 is shown in Figure 4, from which it will be apparent that said spring is secured to the outside of said spindle by screws 91. The inside face of the lever 82 is preferably corrugated, as shown, so as to increase its holding action upon the edge of the rug or carpet 94 which is gripped by it, in the manner shown in Figures 4 and 5. As indicated in Figure 5, the edge of the rug or carpet is preferably drawn into the space between the arbor 79 and the finger 77, and is then lapped over the outside of said finger into the space between said finger and the lever 82, which during this threading-in operation is manually raised by the operator. As shown in F igure 5, the rug or carpet 94 is wound about the outside if the levers 82, as the spindles 18 and 26 rotate, thereby increasing the frictional contact between the inner faces of the levers 82 and the rug or carpet, as the winding operation continues.

At a point between the spindles 18 and 26, the two parts 79 and of the arbor are provided with a coupling, which may be of the form shown in detail in Figure 6. As shown in that figure, the arbor parts 79 and 80 are made of pipe or tubing, and the part 80 is provided at its end with a projecting pin 94 adapted to enter the tubular arbor member 79. In order to increase the frictional engagement between the arbor and the rug or carpet to be wound, at the middle of the arbor, the tubular member 79 is shown as slotted and provided with a lever 95 having spurs 96 which extend outwardly through said slot. The lever 95 is mounted on a pin or rivet 98, passing through the tubular member 79; and said lever is provided with a toe 99 engaged by a leaf spring 100 which may be riveted to the inside of the tubular member 79. It will be understood that the spring 100 serves to bias the lever 95 to a position in which the spurs 96 are withdrawn into the tubular member 79. As shown in Figure 6, the end of the pin 94 is tapered so as to engage the inside edge of the lever 95 when the coupling is assembled, thereby moving said lever to the position shown in Figure 6 against the pressure exerted by the spring 100.

In order to guide the rug or carpet and exert a slight tension upon it while it is being wound, rollers 103 and 104 may be mounted on the outside of the channel bar 9, as best shown in Figures 2 and 3. The lower roller 104 is journaled in brackets 106 bolted to the outside of the channel bar 9; and the upper roller 103 is journaled in levers 108 pivotally connected to brackets 109 secured to the outside of the channel bar 9. Each lever 108 is preferably provided with outwardly extending ends in the form of a handle 111, which facilitates lifting the roller 103, if necessary, while the end of the rug or carpet is being threaded between the rollers 103 and 104. The rollers 103 and 104 are idlers which are rotated by the rug or carpet as it is drawn between them by the winding action of the spindles 18 and 26.

The machine just described is preferably operated by two attendants one of whom stands at each end of the machine. The mode of operation is preferably as follows: Before a rug or carpet to be wound is inserted in the machine, the parts of the arbor 7980 are coupled together, with the coupling preferably about midway between the ends of the spindles 18 and 26; and the attendant at the right end of the machine, adjusts the position of the frame 22 carry- 18 and 26, and then around the outside of the latter and under the gripping levers 82, which aremomentarily raised for that purpose by manually depressing their handle portions 88. The operator at the left end of the machine then manipulates the lever 58,

so as to close the clutch 57 and cause the power of the motor to be transmitted to the spindles 18 and 26, in the manner hereinbefore described. This causes the spindles18 and 26 torotate, with consequent winding- -up of the rug or carpet around the arbor 7980'. Although the arbor 7 9-80 is not positively secured to the spindles 18 and 26, the frictional engagement between said arbor and the spindles 18 and 26, which is in creased by the-tension exerted on the arbor by the edges of the 'rug or carpet being wound, is sufficient to cause the arbor to rotate in unison with said spindles. Owing to the engagement of the spurs 96 with the end of the rug or carpet, at about midway of its width, during the winding operation, satisfactory winding of the rug or carpet will take place throughout its width. After the rug or carpet has been completely wound around the arbor 7980 and around the ends of the spindles 18 and 26, the attendant at the left end of the machine opens the clutch 57, and the spindles stop. If desired, the attendants may tie cords around the rolled carpet or rug, before removing it from the machine and while it is supported in the latter. Preparatory to removing the wound-up rug or carpet from the machine, the attendant should separate the parts 7980 of the arbor by drawing each of them outwardly in the spindles 18 and 26, which leaves the roll supported only at its ends by the spindles 18 and 26. It will be understood that as soon as the arbor member 80 is withdrawn from the arbor member 719, the spurs 96 will move into the arbor member 79 and out of engagement with the rug or carpet, thereby permitting the arbor member 79 to be withdrawn from the roll. Each operator now depresses the handle ends 88 of the clamping levers 82, su'liiciently to reduce the holding effect of those levers, and the rug or carpet is either removed from the machine merely by buckling the roll, or by first moving the spindle 26 to the right by manipulating the crank 35. The arbor members 798O may then be coupled together again, and the machine is ready for another winding operation,

It is, of course, to be understood that the embodiment of'the invention herein shown and described is merely illustrative, and that it may be modified in many respects without departing from the spirit of the in vention as defined in the appended claims.

Nhat we claim is:

1. in a winding machine, a frame, winding spindles rotatably mounted on said frame and arranged in axial alignment with one another, an arbor removably supported by said spindles, and means for securing to said spindles the edges of the rug or carpet to be wound aroundsaid arbor.

2. In a windingmachine, aframe, wind-- ing spindles arranged in axial alignment with one another and rotatablymounted 011 said frame so that the distance between them may be adjusted, means for rotating said spindles in unison, an arbor removably supported by said spindles, and means for securing to said spindles the edges of the rug or carpet. to be wound around said arbor.

3. In a winding machine, a frame, hollow said spindles in unison, an: arbor removably extending through said spindles, and means for securing to said spindles the edges of the rug or carpet to be wound around said arbor.

4. In a winding machine, a frame, hollow winding spindles arranged in axial alignment with one another and rotatably mounted on said frame, means for rotating said spindles in unison, an arbor in two parts extending through said spindles and provided at a point between the latter with a coupling permitting separation of the parts of said arbor, and means for securing to said spindles the edges of the rug or carpet to be wound around said arbor.

5. In a winding machine, a frame, hollow winding spindles arranged in axial alignment with one another and rotatably mounted on said frame, means for adjusting the distance between said spindles, means for rotating said spindles in unison, an arbor extending through said spindles, and means for securing to said spindles the edges of the rug or carpet to be wound around said arbor.

6. In a winding machine a frame, hollow winding spindles arranged in axial alignment with one another and rotatably mounted on said frame and supported so that the distance between them may be adjusted, means for rotating said spindles in unison, an arbor in two parts extending through said spindles and provided at a point between the latter with a coupling permitting separation of the parts of said arbor, and means for securing to said spindles the edges of the rug or carpet to be wound around said arbor.

7. In a winding machine, a frame, spindle bearings fixedly mounted on said frame, a hollow spindle rotatably mounted in said fixed bearings, spindle bearings mounted on said frame so as to be movable toward and away from said fixed spindle bearings, a hollow winding spindle rotatably journaled in said movable bearings and arranged in axial alignment with the other spindle, means for rotating said spindles in unison, an arbor extending through said spindles, and means for securing to said spindles the edges of the rug or carpet to be wound.

8. In a winding machine, a frame, hollow winding spindles provided with bifurcated ends and arranged in axial. alignn'ient with one another, means for rotatably supporting said spindles on said frame, means for rotating said spindles in unison, an arbor removably extending through said spindles, and means for securing to the bifurcated ends of said spindles the edges of the rugor carpet to be wound around said arbor.

9. In a winding machine, a frame, hollow winding spindles having bifurcated ends arranged in axial alignment with one another, means for rotatably supporting said spindle on said frame, means for rotating said spindles in unison, an arbor removably extending through said spindles, and clamping means cooperating with the outside of each spindle for securing to the outside of said spindles the edges of a rug or carpet passing through the spaces between the bifurcated ends of said spindles and around the outside of said spindles.

10. In a winding machine, a frame, hollow winding spindles arranged in axial alignment with one another and rotatably mounted on said frame, means for rotating said spindles in unison, an arbor in two parts extending through said spindles, a coupling joining the parts of said arbor and provided with friction increasing means operative only when the parts of the arbor are coupled together, and means for securing to said spindles the edges of the rug or carpet-to be wound around said arbor.

11. In a winding machine, a frame, winding spindles arranged in axial alignment with one another androtatably mounted on said frame, means for rotating said spindlesv in unison, an arbor removably supported by said spindles, means for securing to said spindles the edges of the rug or carpet to be wound around said arbor, and cooperating rollers mounted on said frame between which the rug or carpet passes during the winding operation.

OLIVER WILSON BRANTLEY. YVARNER MOREL BRANTLEY. 

